But when Paul
perceived that the one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried
out in the council, Brethren, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees: touching the
hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.

And there arose a great clamor: and some of the scribes of
the Pharisees part stood up, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man:
and what if a spirit hath spoken to him, or an angel? Let us not fight
against YAHUVEH.

And when there arose a great
dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should be torn in pieces by
them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them,
and bring him into the castle.

Now therefore do ye with the
council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you, as though
ye would judge of his case more exactly: and we, before he comes near, are
ready to slay him.

Do not thou therefore yield unto
them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, who have bound
themselves under a curse, neither to eat nor to drink till they have slain him:
and now are they ready, looking for the promise from thee.

And
he called unto him two of the centurions, and said, Make ready two hundred
soldiers to go as far as Caesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and
spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night: